Too much and much too long: The Rouse by China Miéville, reviewed
Miéville’s new novel has taken more than a decade to write and now we can see why: it is 1,264 pages long. The initial 190 pages could have been a standalone novel but instead it continues, the style more ornate and ormolu as it goes on
Ever-increasing circles
Those for whom Dave Eggers’s name evokes only his much praised memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) may…
Slow-burning masterpieces
It’s the perfect opportunity to crack open those classics of 19th-century fiction you’ve always been meaning to read, and I…
